SDGs

Participants at the 2018 Global Festival of Action for Sustainable Development, in Bonn, Germany.
SDG Action Campaign

No ‘fancy suits and long speeches’ at UN-backed sustainable development festival in Bonn

23 March 2018
Economic Development

A United Nations forum showcasing the latest innovations, tools and approaches that will make sustainable development a reality wrapped up in Bonn, Germany, on Friday.

The Laghman River, one of Afghanistan’s many waterways, is essential to agriculture and other development in this largely rural eastern province.
Fardin Waezi/UNAMA

UN spotlights rainwater recycling, artificial wetlands among ‘green’ solutions to global water crisis

19 March 2018
SDGs

With five billion people at risk of having difficulty accessing adequate water by 2050, finding nature-based solutions, such as China’s rainwater recycling, India’s forest regeneration and Ukraine’s artificial wetlands, is becoming increasingly important, according to a United Nations report released Monday at the world’s largest water-related event in Brazil.

Child drinks water from a water-pipe. (file)
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UN-World Bank panel calls for ‘fundamental shift’ in water management

14 March 2018
Climate and Environment

With 700 million people worldwide at risk of being displaced by intense water scarcity by 2030, water infrastructure investment must be at least doubled over the next five years, a panel set up by the United Nations and the World Bank recommended on Wednesday.